City Of Kelowna 2018

Fire risk forces city to close part of Knox Mountain to vehicles

KELOWNA – The hot weather of late, the dry conditions and the risk of an…

Look to Vancouver, Victoria for short-term rental regulation model in Kelowna

KELOWNA – There’s well over a 1,000 short-term rental properties in Kelowna, most of them…

Receding Okanagan Lake will reveal final bill from 2018 flood damage in Kelowna

KELOWNA – What a difference 57 centimetres makes. That’s the difference between the final lake…

High-rise fever continues in Kelowna with another tower proposal

KELOWNA – Another possible high-rise development has been proposed for downtown Kelowna. Currently a parking…

Property tax line-ups over, Kelowna counts it up

KELOWNA – It’s going to take a few more days to count it all up…

Kelowna construction on pace to beat last year’s record of $696 million

KELOWNA – Local politicians have savaged the provincial speculation tax introduced in February’s budget but…

Speculation tax uncertainty could negatively impact Kelowna real estate: report

KELOWNA – The speculation tax proposed by the provincial government will likely have unintended negative…

Central Okanagan business and development groups band together against speculation tax

CENTRAL OKANAGAN – A group of business, tourism and development organizations have banded together demanding…

Water Street high-rise site changes hands in Kelowna

KELOWNA – A downtown Kelowna property that can accommodate a 26-storey high-rise has just changed…

Housing strategy will see new housing forms, more protection of rental housing in Kelowna

KELOWNA – It has a benign sounding name — the Healthy Housing Strategy — but…

Kelowna Curling Club application to get urgent loan from city wasn’t quite accurate

KELOWNA – Earlier this month, Kelowna city councillors voted to loan the Kelowna Curling Club…

Kelowna adopts ambitious Journey Home strategy to end homelessness

KELOWNA – If all goes according to plan, Kelowna will reach functional zero homelessness by…

City of Kelowna employee pay up nearly five per cent in 2017

KELOWNA – With salaries $70.8 million of the city’s 2017 budget, the annual list of…

Pair of heavyweight homeless and affordable housing plans land before Kelowna council

KELOWNA – Not much opposition is expected to a pair of heavyweight housing strategies coming…

Family-size townhouses, apartment building recommended for Black Mountain by Kelowna planners

KELOWNA – A rezoning request for land off Highway 33 in Kelowna’s Black Mountain neighbourhood…